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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

started playing a podcast and my dog did the biggest grumble ever from the sofa, me too sis

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

yesterday I watched the prince of thieves just to see the sycamore gap tree

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

~In very much a transitional period~ Presented some work on personal experience for the first time today, for a literary crowd, scary but cool Upcoming major exam deadline next week Collect new car next week Working the last two weeks notice of my current job Busy but we are pushing forward

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Am I a historian now I have a micro fringe and feel compelled to talk about my personal experiences???

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lunchtime walk of the day. Back to work after a week off, and start of the new academic year. Trying to get back to normality 🐕

Black and Tan dachshund in a purple jacket with floppy ears, walking along a country lane surrounded by trees

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Landed in Anglesey for the week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Not Tim Curry as well, I am too fragile for this!!!!!!!!!!!

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

After 2 weeks of being emotionally gutted by the new Phoebe Bridgers album, and a short stint back into country, the only acceptable music has been heavy metal Also inspired by the iron maiden documentary (in 2016 we saw the book of souls tour at download, fr one of the best bands I’ve seen live)

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Driving to the shop in the rain listening to Dolly, bought some sunflowers and came home, the season is definitely turning

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Driving in the countryside, the local handcycler

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just seen the news about Jason Arday, the whole situation is so awful and so sad

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Went for a run, made cherry scones and listened to the new Phoebe Bridgers album this morning. Currently watching Batman Begins and catching up on work. Not a bad day at all so far

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Can’t decide if I should go and see the Odyssey artefact copies at John Rylands, it looks v cool

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Widows Bay is one of the best TV series I’ve seen in a long while

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Recently wondered to myself why Francis Galton is having a comeback in pop culture discourse, and then remembered the general political landscape Aaaaahaghcjvribevxhcuie good times we love the 2020s, going so well so far

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Decided I need a second dog for my 30th birthday

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I have 2-3 projects with actual impending deadlines, but all my brain can think about is surprise mystery new project contestant number 4

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

all the sunshine has brought out the roses, and also a wild scooby

Rose bush with lots of pink/orange roses and buds, with rhubarb next to it and Jasmine trailing up the wall

Very cute Black and Tan dachshund with tongue out lay on the grass in front of the rose bush, also with a tennis ball

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My hometown is where the dam (almost) collapsed, and Boris Johnson was flown to the scene by Chinook. 6 years later and it’s in final repairs

Repaired dam with building site below, birdseye view

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

As someone who works in pharmaceuticals and studies history of science, I could write a series on the new Eli Lilly advert ‘Obesity is a disease’ Now a product is available, the narrative around obesity has entirely shifted, to the much more biological ‘it’s not your fault’ ‘it’s a disease’ trope

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Scooby walks and rhododendrons

Black and Tan dachshund walking through a woodland trail

Trail footpath with two tall rhododendron bushes in bright pink full bloom

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The full quilt is also on display at Wakefield exchange this weekend only - might have to go and visit

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 27/05/2026

“Trans women are women” - our members.

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Brain is firing all cylinders on history mode, but need to be in my scientific job mode, aaghducchygfebfodnxo

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On the edge of an idea and trying to put the pieces together

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Rebecca Jane Morgan @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Deviants and Trailblazers is now out! 🎉 If you're looking for a long-form, joined-up history of trans activism and trans rights in the UK going all the way back to the 1940s, this is it! D&T covers many events, groups, and people never before chronicled. www.plutobooks.com/product/devi...

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Scooby loooooves the sunshine

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Publishing today! A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life. 'A queer scrapbook' is a rich archive of histories from across Britain & Ireland. Featuring interviews, photographs & flyers, it captures the diversity of queer & trans lives since WW2. Out now. #booksky

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Suddenly it’s 8pm and I’m walking Scooby in her field, while the moon is out and it’s still light

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Mini eggs have taken over my life

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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I'm delighted to finally share details of a workshop series I'm hosting with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social! 'Researchers in Museums' is open to a wide range of early career researchers and offers the opportunity to go 'behind the scenes' in a fantastic medical museum. Please share widely!

Researchers in Museums: Collections and Archives Workshop Series. Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds. 13 May; 18 June; 9 July; 1-4pm. I am delighted to be working with Thackray Museum of Medicine to host three workshops for ‘Researchers in Museums’. These interactive workshops offer early career researchers an opportunity to learn about the potential of museum collections to enrich their research. Each workshop will include:

‘Cancer in the Collections’: a unique insight into how one researcher, Dr Claire Turner (Durham University) uses Thackray’s extensive collections and archives to support her own research.
Stores Tour: an exclusive guided tour of Thackray’s stores by its Collections Team, with the opportunity to learn more about the history of the museum and the objects, books, and archival materials it holds.
Research Room Time: a chance to look in greater depth at books, objects and archival materials drawn from the museum’s collections.
Personal Research: option to request and view an object related to your own research.

Each session can accommodate up to 8 attendees, each of whom will receive a £20 bursary towards travel to the workshop.

To be eligible to attend, you must be:
An early career researcher (MA, PhD, or within two years of finishing the PhD)
Working broadly within the field of medical humanities

Expressions of interest should include a short summary of your research, how you meet the workshop criteria, and your preferred workshop date (max 250 words). All EOIs should be submitted to claire.o.turner@durham.ac.uk by 5pm on Friday 17 April.

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

my new laptop has arrived, after a year of my old one crashing when any single programme was running new laptop, new me 💅🏼

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Chris Millard @chrismillard83.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Oh my god it is actually out - like actually now. Over a week early! They snuck it out without telling me! lol. Well, here it is people, and you can download the whole thing for free - thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fill your boots: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

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The Politics of Personal Experience | Writing a History of Munchausen

How should a historian with personal experience of their topics write about them? Exploring the author’s own experiences with Munchausen Syndrome and Munchausen

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Productive day on campus, blue skies and archives

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Been wiped out with the superflu all week, don’t think I’ve ever been this ill before ☹️

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Fabulous day in Haworth visiting the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Very autumnal and got to see the only surviving likeness of Emily Brontë, on loan from the National Portrait Gallery. Amazing to see the restored artefacts and learn about their lives #history #literature #brontevillage

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Yesterday discovered I have aphantasia!! When imagining or picturing something in my mind there is no image, I've always just described the details to myself with an internal narrator. A revelation that people actually *see* things with their minds eye!!

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Academic historians rarely speak up like this but have made an exception in speaking in support of trans people in the UK and against the current trans exclusionary situation over there. Not just a few historians but hundreds signed this. www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/02/h...

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Warning from historians over government's treatment of trans people

Over 350 historians and academics have urged the government to turn back on its growing attacks on trans rights in the UK.

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Amy Hall @amyh4ll97.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Will never get tired of rewatching BTVS

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